Before OTT services, renting or buying DVDs to watch movies was a common leisure activity. It's sometimes used with the popcorn emoji to mean 'Let's watch a movie at home' 🍿📀.

DVDs were an important way to own not just movies, but also live concerts, complete drama series, and animations. 'Special edition' DVDs with director's cuts or behind-the-scenes stories were a huge gift for fans. Thus, this emoji goes beyond a simple video format to express deep affection for a work.